The Ingalls surname is an English name with Norse roots, deriving from either of two Old Norse personal names "Ingjaldr," or from "Ingólfr" "Ing's wolf," Ing was an ancient Germanic fertility god. Some instances of this name in Britain are thought to have evolved from the place name Ingol, in Lancashire, which is named from the Old English personal name Inga with the Old English word "holh," meaning a "hollow," or "depression."
People Given name Ingalls Kimball (1874–1933), American printer and entrepreneur
Surname Albert Graham Ingalls (1888–1958), former editor of Scientific American and amateur telescope-making enthusiast Barbara Ingalls Shook (1938–2008), American philanthropist from Birmingham, Alabama Bob Ingalls (1919-1970), American football player and coach Bret Ingalls (born 1960), American football coach Caroline Ingalls (1839-1924), mother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder Carrie Ingalls (1870-1946), younger sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder Charles Ingalls (1836-1902), father of author Laura Ingalls Wilder Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls, Jr. (born 1944), an American pioneer of object-oriented computer programming and principal architect, designer and implementer of five generations of Smalltalk environments Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Sr. (1916–1999), Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University David Sinton Ingalls (1899–1985), American businessman, politician and first flying ace in US Navy history Don Ingalls (1918-2014), American screenwriter and television producer Edmund Ingalls (c. 1598–1648), founder of Lynn, Massachusetts Eliza Buckley Ingalls (1848–1918), American temperance activist George Alan Ingalls (1946-1967), American soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor George L. Ingalls (1914–2001), New York politician Grace Ingalls (1877-1941), younger sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder James Monroe Ingalls (1837–1927), American soldier and ballistics authority Jeremiah Ingalls (1764–1838), one of the first American composers John James Ingalls (1833–1900), Republican member of Kansas state legislature and U.S. Senator from Kansas Joshua K. Ingalls (1816–1898), inventor, land reformer, and anarchist theorist Laura Ingalls (disambiguation), several people Mary Ingalls (1865-1928), older sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder Melville E. Ingalls (1842–1914), American politician and railroad president Rachel Ingalls (1940–2019), American-born author living in the UK Robert Ingersoll Ingalls, Sr. (1882–1951), American businessman and philanthropist Rufus Ingalls (1818–1893), US Army general and Quartermaster General Sheffield Ingalls (1875–1937), American banker, attorney and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Wallace Ingalls (1859–1936), American lawyer and politician Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr. (1923-1997), American architect
Places United States Ingalls, Arkansas, an unincorporated community Ingalls, Indiana. a town Ingalls Township, Gray County, Kansas Ingalls, Kansas, a city in the township Ingalls, Michigan, an unincorporated community Ingalls, Missouri, a ghost town Ingalls, North Carolina, an unincorporated community Ingalls, Oklahoma, a ghost town Lake Ingalls, Washington Mount Ingalls (California)
Elsewhere Ingalls (crater), on the Moon Ingalls Head, New Brunswick, Locality on the Island of Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Buildings Ingalls Building, Cincinnati, Ohio, the world's first reinforced concrete skyscraper Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, Illinois Ingalls House (disambiguation) Ingalls Rink, a hockey rink owned by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
Other uses Ingalls Shipbuilding, now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Albert Quinn Ingalls, a fictional character in the TV series Little House on the Prairie
See also Ingall (surname) Ingles (surname)